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Re: best way to create entropy?
From: Jonathan Lassoff <jof () thejof com>
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 17:08:00 -0700
On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 5:01 PM, shawn wilson <ag4ve.us () gmail com> wrote:
in the past, i've done many different things to create entropy - encode videos, watch youtube, tcpdump -vvv > /dev/null, compiled a kernel. but, what is best? just whatever gets your cpu to peak or are some tasks better than others?
Personally, I've used and recommend this USB stick: http://www.entropykey.co.uk/ Internally, it uses diodes that are reverse-biased just ever so close to the breakdown voltage such that they randomly flip state back and forth. Cheers, jof
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